Choppington Primary School

About Choppington Primary School

Choppington Primary School sits within Northumberland’s state primary landscape as a Good-rated school that, on its most recent key stage 2 outcomes, ranked 21st out of 58 primaries in the local authority. That places it comfortably in the top half of Northumberland’s primary schools, though it sits behind the three top-performing peers in the area: Eastlea Primary School, Belsay Primary School, and St Aidan’s Catholic Primary School in Ashington. The school is a mixed, non-denominational state primary for children aged 2 to 11, with a current roll of 111 pupils against a capacity of 120. It has a notably high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 76.4%, which is well above the national average and gives important context to its academic results. The school also offers nursery provision, making it a genuine all-through primary option for families in the Choppington area.

In its most recent graded inspection in October 2024, Ofsted judged the school Good across all five graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This was a consistent performance compared with its previous Good rating in 2019. On the 2023/24 key stage 2 tests, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is slightly above the Northumberland local authority average of 56%. Reading was a relative strength, with 80% reaching the expected standard and 40% achieving a higher score, while maths saw 73% at expected and 7% at the higher threshold. Writing was more mixed, with 60% at expected but none reaching the higher standard. The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, so it’s hard to gauge value-added precisely, but the raw attainment figures suggest solid, if not exceptional, outcomes for a school serving a high-poverty intake.

The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 12 applications for 9 places and all first-preference applicants offered a spot. Facilities include a library, gymnasium, ICT suite, sports hall, dining hall, playing fields and a chapel, and the school runs clubs in drama, coding, science, art, film and choir. Sports on offer include football, dance, cricket, rounders, swimming and athletics. The school has identified SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, and physical disability, though the Parent View data shows no responses from families of SEND children, so it’s difficult to assess how well those provisions are working in practice. For families in the Choppington area, this is a well-regarded local primary with strong parental satisfaction — 100% of respondents would recommend the school — and a clear focus on behaviour, safety and personal development.

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